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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Iranian Azarbaijan | | | |  Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Elam - The Elamite LegacyThe Assyrians thought that they had utterly destroyed the Elamites, but new polities emerged in the area after Assyrian power faded. However, they never again exercised the power of the earlier Elamite empires; they controlled the watershed of the Karun and little beyond. Among the nations that benefited from the decline of the Assyrians were the Persians, whose presence around Lake Urmia to the north of Elam is attested from the 9th century BC in Assyrian texts. Some time after that region fell to Madius the Scythian (653 BC), Teispes son of Achaemenes conquered Elamite Anshan in the mid 7th century BC, forming a nucleus ...
See also:Elam, Elam - Etymology, Elam - History, Elam - Old Elamite Period, Elam - Middle Elamite Period, Elam - Neo-Elamite Period, Elam - Elamite language, Elam - The Elamite Legacy, Elam - Elamite influence on the Achaemenids, Elam - Post Achaemenid influence, Elam - Elamite studies Read more here: » Elam: Encyclopedia II - Elam - The Elamite Legacy |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Elam - Elamite language Elamite is unrelated to the neighboring Semitic, Sumerian and Indo-European languages. It was written in a cuneiform adapted from Akkadian script, although the very earliest documents were written in the quite different "Linear Elamite" script. This seems to have developed from an even earlier writing known as "proto-Elamite", but scholars are not unanimous on whether or not this script was used to write Elamite or another language, and it has not yet been deciphered.
Some linguists believe Elamite may be related to the living Dravidi ...
See also:Elam, Elam - Etymology, Elam - History, Elam - Old Elamite Period, Elam - Middle Elamite Period, Elam - Neo-Elamite Period, Elam - Elamite language, Elam - The Elamite Legacy, Elam - Elamite influence on the Achaemenids, Elam - Post Achaemenid influence, Elam - Elamite studies Read more here: » Elam: Encyclopedia II - Elam - Elamite language |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - David Rohl - Biography Rohl traces his fascination with ancient Egypt to a visit of that country at the age of ten, which featured a journey on the Nile on King Farouk's paddle-steamer.
He first worked as a rock musician, forming a band in 1968, which eventually became Mandalaband, which released two albums, "Mandalaband" and "The Eye of Wendor" in the early 1970s. About 1974, Rohl started work as a sound engineer, which career he pursued until he re ...
See also:David Rohl, David Rohl - Biography, David Rohl - Theories, David Rohl - Egypt, David Rohl - Garden of Eden, David Rohl - Writings, David Rohl - Published Books, David Rohl - Video Read more here: » David Rohl: Encyclopedia II - David Rohl - Biography |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Alevi - Music and Poetry
Alevis have had an influence even greater than their numbers because of their significant role in Turkish music and poetry. The most important figure is perhaps the mystical poet Yunus Emre, widely regarded as having been Alevi. Other significant poets include Pir Sultan Abdal and Kaygusuz Abdal. Songs attributed to these poet-saints have been not only important to Alevis themselves, but also embraced by musicians on the political left, who saw in the Alevi tradition a link between ...
See also:Alevi, Alevi - Alevis, Alevi - People, Alevi - Belief, Alevi - Historical, Alevi - Recent History, Alevi - Music and Poetry, Alevi - Name, Alevi - Literature Read more here: » Alevi: Encyclopedia II - Alevi - Music and Poetry |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Name The name Oghuz is derived from the words "arrow" and "tribes." The depiction of an archer shooting an arrow was the flag of the Seljuk Empire, founded by the Oghuz Turks in the 10th century.
The designation of "Oghuz" was given to a series of Turkic tribes in Central Asia who had united into a new confederation. This socio-political union led to the emergence of a new larger inter-tribal Turkic, entity the Oghuz. The Oghuz gradually grew larger as various other Turkic tribes united during th ...
See also:Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turks - Name, Oghuz Turks - Origins, Oghuz Turks - Anthropology, Oghuz Turks - Social Unit, Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana, Oghuz Turks - Dynasties, Oghuz Turks - Turcoman & Turkmen, Oghuz Turks - Literature Read more here: » Oghuz Turks: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Name |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana In the 8th century, the Oghuz Turks made a new home and domain for themselves in the area between the Caspian and Aral seas, a region that is often referred to as Transoxiana, the western portion of Turkistan. They had moved westward from the Altay mountains through the Siberian steppes and settled in this region, and also penetrated into southern Russia and the Volga.
In his accredited work titled Divani Lugati’t-Turk, Mahmud of Kashgar, a Turkic scholar of the 11th century, described the Karachuk Mountains which are located ...
See also:Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turks - Name, Oghuz Turks - Origins, Oghuz Turks - Anthropology, Oghuz Turks - Social Unit, Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana, Oghuz Turks - Dynasties, Oghuz Turks - Turcoman & Turkmen, Oghuz Turks - Literature Read more here: » Oghuz Turks: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Social Unit The militarism that their empires were very well known for was rooted in their centuries-long nomadic lifestyle. In general they were a herding society which possessed certain military advantages that other societies did not have, particularly mobility. Alliances by marriage and kinship, and systems of "social distance" based on family relationships were the connective tissues of their society.
In Oghuz traditions, "society was simply the result of the growth of individual families". But such a society also grew by alliances and the e ...
See also:Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turks - Name, Oghuz Turks - Origins, Oghuz Turks - Anthropology, Oghuz Turks - Social Unit, Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana, Oghuz Turks - Dynasties, Oghuz Turks - Turcoman & Turkmen, Oghuz Turks - Literature Read more here: » Oghuz Turks: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Social Unit |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Anthropology The Oghuz Turks are considered by some historians as genetically, culturally and linguistically "the purest of Turks". According to Lev Gumilev in his accredited work entitled 1,000 Years Around the Caspian, the Oghuz in the anthropological ("racial") category were Caucasoid (Europoid).
The majority of today's Oghuz Turks have light to dark skin tones and dark hair and eye colors, while lighter Europoid features including very light skin tones, blondish/brownish/reddish hair colors and light eye colors are evident in Azerbaijan ...
See also:Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turks - Name, Oghuz Turks - Origins, Oghuz Turks - Anthropology, Oghuz Turks - Social Unit, Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana, Oghuz Turks - Dynasties, Oghuz Turks - Turcoman & Turkmen, Oghuz Turks - Literature Read more here: » Oghuz Turks: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Anthropology |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - Alevi - Alevis Adherents of Alevism (in Turkish Alevîlik) are called Alevis. The exact number of Alevis is not known, with estimates varying from 20 to 30% of the population of Turkey alone, i.e. 14-21 million believers in Turkey, with perhaps as many as three million in Iran and Turkmenistan and half a million turkmenic Alevis in Iraq. Alevism has integrated many diverse religious influences over time, such as ancient Turkish Shamanism and pre-Islamic religions of Near East. The Bektashi Sufi holy order is a significant element in Alevism. Both Bektashi Alevi and Kizilbaş Alevi revere Hajji Bektash Wali. Turkish is used in Ale ...
See also:Alevi, Alevi - Alevis, Alevi - People, Alevi - Belief, Alevi - Historical, Alevi - Recent History, Alevi - Music and Poetry, Alevi - Name, Alevi - Literature Read more here: » Alevi: Encyclopedia II - Alevi - Alevis |
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| | | | | Iranian Azarbaijan: Encyclopedia II - David Rohl - Writings
David Rohl - Published Books.
A Test of Time: The Bible - from Myth to History, 1995
Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest, 1996 (A Test of Time - under new title)
Legend: The Genesis of Civilisation, 1998
The Lost Testament: The Story of the Children of Yahweh, 2002
From Eden to Exile: The Epic History of the People of the Bible, 2003 (The Lost Testament - u ...
See also:David Rohl, David Rohl - Biography, David Rohl - Theories, David Rohl - Egypt, David Rohl - Garden of Eden, David Rohl - Writings, David Rohl - Published Books, David Rohl - Video Read more here: » David Rohl: Encyclopedia II - David Rohl - Writings |
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